Thank you Fogg. I value your read of the situation. I honestly cannot think of a better way to handle this. My son is 16 and I want this home to be as loving as it can be. I want to model the behavior a man should display when a marriage struggles. I want my son to see how a man behaves when the chips are down. I want him to see his father never gave up. In short how to be and what it takes to be a good man. This is my responsibility, this my gift to my son.
Someone once said to me about raising children, "don't worry about what they hear when your talking, worry about what they see when they watch you."